This page is dedicated to the M3 flash fiction challenge, Flash in the Pan. Weekly prompts produce the flash fiction you will find on the FTP pages. If you like the short, quick to read and convey messages type of writing, you are home. Pull up a rocker and grab a cuppa. You will be finished before it is cold.
Reading
Clicking the main flash words will bring you to the M3 offering (and the word limit). Other blogs participating are listed below the flash word.
How to Join
Each flash begins with a single word. It should fit into the quarterly theme of Disturbed. The word must be used exactly as listed. All flashes must stand alone to be accepted. If you would like to join:
- Create your flash according to the guidelines in the post.
- Link back to the Flash in the Pan with the matching word.*
- Link back to this page if you are working ahead.*
- Check back here to see your post beneath the corresponding word.
When you link back to M3, always use the URL of the post corresponding to your flash or the URL of this page. Do not use M3’s homepage, as your piece will not be found. Doing that does not provide a pingback to your blog. If your blog is on a non-WordPress platform, please email a link to your flash.
Entries are not automatically eligible.
Pages containing all of the flashes together (or multiple entries) will be disqualified. There is no poetry in FTP. Stories should not be clips from a longer work. Flashes should not be serial. Please follow the instructions on this page to be considered.
*Blog Not Necessary
If you do not have a blog but still want to be published in this edition of Flash in the Pan, send your flash (sans HTML) with word count to the editor’s box. You will get a response for acceptance and a care package. A link will appear under the corresponding words for all authors who appear only in the book.
All of this quarter’s flash words and limits are available for those who would like to get ahead or want to be first! The flash fiction pieces featured here will be in the quarterly edition of Flash in the Pan.
Only 250 flashes will make it into the book. Do not miss the deadline!
Happy Flashing!
Now, let’s get flashing!
Delusional (100)
The Aware Writer by John
Fi’s Thoughts by Fi
Gail Thornton’s World by Gail
An Honest Day or Two by Didi
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rants & Raves by Grant
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Loco (100)
Gail Thornton’s World by Gail
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Mind (100)
Gail Thornton’s World by Gail
An Honest Day or Two by Didi
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rants & Raves by Grant
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Uncharted Territory by Samoht
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Deranged (100)
Gail Thornton’s World by Gail
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Erratic (75)
Gail Thornton’s World by Gail
An Honest Day or Two by Didi
Liquid Poet by Ryan
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Running Naked with Scissors by Lizzie
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Uncharted Territory by Samoht
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Level (75)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Mad (75)
An Honest Day or Two by Didi
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Delirious (75)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Odds and Ends by Laurie
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Irrational (150)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
On the Edge by Gray
Odds and Ends by Laurie
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Lunatic (150)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Odds and Ends by Laurie
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
Taking Candy from a Baby by Candy
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Mental (150)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Odds and Ends by Laurie
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Demented (150)
How Cookie Crumbles by Tess
On the Edge by Gray
QBG ~ Tilted Tiara by Val
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Obsessed (150)
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
On the Edge by Gray
Odds and Ends by Laurie
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Hot Flashes
Cracked (50)
The Aware Writer by John
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
Odds and Ends by Laurie
Okay, What If? by Funny, Too
On the Edge by Gray
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
A Short a Day by Erica
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Crazed (50)
An Honest Day or Two by Didi
How the Cookie Crumbles by Tess
Liquid Poet by Ryan
On the Edge by Gray
Rob’s Surf Report by Rob
A Tragic Lady But No TB by Margaret
Wizard’s Word by Susan
Compulsive (50)
On the Edge by Gray
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